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    Jyeshta  wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 25 May 2006 12:09:02 -0500, Jyeshta    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >Has anyone read the book in the subject line?  The thought that we are   
   > >our loved ones' heaven seems to go completely against everything else   
   > >I have read about the afterlife, being that there's a beautiful place   
   > >with endless things to do and that our departed loved ones are calm   
   > >knowing we'll be joining them soon.   
   >   
   > I just recently read the book, and I find the title to be somewhat   
   > misleading.  She means that our departed loved ones like to be   
   > remembered and be around us during the happy (and bad) times of our   
   > lives, despite having a perfectly wonderful heaven to enjoy.  Pretty   
   > much the same sort of thing mediums generally say.   
   >   
   > She has a much different take on life than Sylvia Browne, who I really   
   > am interested in.  Ms. Browne calls earth a hell hole, with which I   
   > agree, while Allison DuBois thinks earth life is or should be a happy   
   > thing - something impossible for the severely afflicted.   
      
   For another take, try "Messages From Michael" by Chelsea Quinn   
   Yarbro.  A fairly sophisticated take on the subject, too structured   
   for some, just right for others . . . "happy" or "hellhole" being not   
   the point, but getting the whole experience -- good and awful --   
   of physicality is.  Appeals to me, anyway.   
      
   Suzy MC   
      
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